Prospectus: Provost and Executive Vice President

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AUGUST 2022

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University of the Pacific is a comprehensive national university located in northern California, with campuses in Stockton, Sacramento and San Francisco. Established in 1851, it is California’s first and oldest university and is ranked by the Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education in the Top 100 nationally and the Top 20 in the West. More than 6,000 students attend the three campuses. The Stockton campus is home to most of the university’s undergraduate programs and a variety of graduate programs in six schools and colleges: College of the Pacific, Eberhardt School of Business, Thomas J. Long School of Pharmacy, School of Engineering and Computer Science, Conservatory of Music and Benerd College. Stockton also is home to the university’s 17 Division I athletics programs. The campus in Sacramento, the state’s capital, is home to the McGeorge School of Law and the new School of Health Sciences, while the downtown San Francisco campus houses the renowned Arthur A. Dugoni School of PacificDentistry.takes pride in providing the highly personalized and caring educational, social and residential environments of a small college combined with the choices and opportunities of a major comprehensive university. Pacific graduates rank in the top 2 percent in the nation in lifetime earnings. The university focuses on experiential learning in which students serve the community in more than a dozen clinics focused on legal aid, oral health care, speech, audiology, diabetes screening, vaccinations and more. Under the leadership of President Christopher Callahan, Pacific has the ambitious goal of becoming the best student-centered comprehensive university in the nation. His focus includes the personalized learning that is a hallmark of Pacific, expanding on-campus and offcampus experiential learning opportunities coupled with service to communities, accelerating the pace of innovation and becoming a model for diversity, equity and inclusion. Pacific has recruited new vice presidents for Enrollment Strategy, Student Life, Finance, Development and the school’s first VP for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. There also are new deans in the School of Engineering and Computer Science, Eberhardt School of Business and the William Knox Holt Memorial Library and Learning Center. 1 14:1 # 20 In career earnings for low-income students (Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce) Student/facultyratio Best Universities in the West (Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education, 2022)

University of the Pacific CALIFORNIA'S PRIVATE UNIVERSITY OF CHOICE

SACRAMENTO Pacific's Sacramento Campus occupies 13 acres in the middle of one of the country’s most diverse cities, three miles from the California State Capitol and within reach of Napa Valley, Lake Tahoe, Yosemite, Reno and San Francisco. The Sacramento Campus is an interdisciplinary center offering exciting programs at the intersection of law, health care, educational leadership and policy. The campus houses the renowned McGeorge School of Law and Pacific’s new School of Health Sciences.

STOCKTON Pacific’s 175-acre Stockton Campus is widely recognized as one of the most beautiful private university campuses in the West. Home to undergraduate, graduate and professional programs, the campus has a large undergraduate residential population with robust activities, events, arts, entertainment, recreation and sports. Located in the heart of one of the country's most diverse cities, students are in reach of Sacramento, San Francisco, the Napa Valley and Yosemite.

The University has three campuses— in Sacramento, San Francisco and Stockton—placing us in three of the most diverse and dynamic cities in the nation.

ABOUT PACIFIC

SAN FRANCISCO Located in the bustling South of Market area, the San Francisco Campus offers a gateway to one of the country's most vibrant cities and provides graduate and professional students opportunities to impact the community through handson clinical experiences. Home of the top-rated Dugoni School of Dentistry with graduate programs in audiology, music therapy and data science, the San Francisco Campus offers easy access to world-class arts, culture, theater, sports, historic landmarks, parks and restaurants.

SAN FRANCISCO SACRAMENTOSTOCKTON Main Campus

Student Body Profile ENROLLMENT BY CAMPUS 909 Sacramento 677 San Francisco 4,480 Stockton 52% Female 48% Male RATIOFACULTYSTUDENT/ GENDER 1,174 Graduate 1,586 Professional 3,306 Undergraduate 23 14:1 CLASSAVERAGESIZE AS OF FALL 2021 2% 8.8% 0.3% 35%4%21% 24% 0.5%4.4% BREAKDOWNETHNICITYUNDERGRADUATE American Indian/Alaskan Native Black,Asian NativeHispanic/Latinonon-HispanicHawaiian/Pacific Islander White, Unknown/OtherInternationalMulti-ethnicnon-Hispanic

Greek Life: 11 social fraternities and sororities, 15 professional fraternities; Multicultural Greek Council Student Government Arts & Entertainment: provides exclusive and fun activities for students such as TigerLands, Brickyards, off-campus excursions and more Guest Speakers: recent presenters include former Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy, PBS NewsHour anchor Judy Woodruff, Seattle Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll, former Cisco CEO John Chambers, and Dr. Philip Ewell (music theory professor and author of “Confronting Racism and Sexism in American Music Theory”)

Pacific students receive personalized education in small class settings, allowing them to form meaningful relationships with professors and engage deeply in their field of study. In addition, students at University of the Pacific enjoy a vibrant campus life, with activities and events for a diversity of interests, including:

Student Life Student Organizations: more than 150 student-led clubs and organizations on the Stockton campus alone, in addition to professional organizations across our three campuses

NCAA Division I Sports: 10 women’s teams and seven men’s teams, competing in the West Coast Conference Arts and Culture: theatre productions in Long Theatre, concerts in Faye Spanos Concert Hall, exhibitions in Reynolds Art Gallery, movies in the Janet Leigh Theatre Athletic Recreational Activities: 11 active sport clubs, variety of intramural sports

ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE

We have high academic standards with a focus on teaching, scholarship, and experiential learning. We invest in individualized attention and long-term relationships that build human potential.

We are committed to learning from and enhancing our communities. We share a sense of purpose and pride in what we accomplish together.

DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION

We demonstrate authentic respect for others and a willingness to engage in genuine discourse. We seek to establish common ground and ways to connect with others. We honor and value one another.

Our Values

Our values also support our faculty and staff development and engagement through a shared sense of purpose and identity. They foster a culture that recognizes and rewards the talents and commitment of our people, and cultivate an environment of innovation, inclusiveness and respect.

RESPECT AND CIVILITY

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

INTEGRITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY We demonstrate integrity in our actions. We strive to always do the right thing and hold ourselves and others accountable.

STUDENT-CENTERED

Our shared values are at the heart of who we are as Pacificans and represent what we do best. Our values guide and shape our students' success by defining the essence of what a Pacific education means. This affirmed set of values builds students' pride and sense of belonging to the university and can transform their Pacific experience into lasting loyalty.

We respect all individuals and embrace the richness that our diversity brings to us as an educational community. We recognize and honor differences, creativity and bridging what is distinct to create an inclusive environment.

Our students come first in everything we do. Student impact is an important consideration in every decision we make.

• An executive who embraces both relationship-based leadership and data-driven decision-making

• Deep experience working with faculty and students

The outstanding candidate will be someone who embraces and has a track record in creative problem solving, undergraduate teaching and research, and the teacherscholar model. The Provost will be expected to be a long-term strategic thinker who also is eager to work side-by-side with faculty, deans, staff and the Cabinet on building new and innovative curriculum and improving all dimensions of the student experience to increase retention and graduation rates. The successful candidate will be a listener, a synthesizer, a collaborator and a doer who embraces the empowering leadership concepts of autonomy, responsibility and accountability. The Provost will be a positive, optimistic and forward-looking leader who practices clear, constant, respectful and trustworthy communications with all stakeholder groups – faculty, students, deans, Regents and Cabinet – and values the opportunities of serving three distinctive campuses.

The Provost has direct responsibilities for the nine schools and colleges across the three campuses, more than 750 faculty, 550 staff, a $163 million budget and more than 6,000 students. Additionally, the Provost is responsible for research, faculty recruitment, growth and development, graduate studies, the libraries, the Center for Teaching and Learning, assessments and student retention. The Provost also works closely with the Cabinet on new enrollment, budget and finances, diversity, equity and inclusion, student life, technology and communications.

The Opportunity Pacific is seeking a successor to the highly successful Provost, who is retiring after 11 years. The successful candidate will be a thought leader in higher education who places a premium on collaboration, innovation, entrepreneurship and–most importantly–student success.

ResponsibilitiesQualifications

• A track record as a high-energy, forwardthinking, positive leader who inspires and acts with a sense of urgency

• A passion for higher education, students and faculty

• A record of driving innovation and entrepreneurship

• Doctoral degree

• A minimum of 10 years in progressive university leadership positions

The Provost is a direct report to the President, serves on the Cabinet, chairs the Council of Deans and is the university’s chief liaison to the Board of Regents Academic Affairs and Enrollment Committee.

Application and Nomination Process

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Alberto Pimentel, Managing Partner Will Gates, Partner Emy Cruz, Partner Email: apsearch@spaexec.com to code: Pacific-Provost in subject line AND LETTERS OF NOMINATION SHOULD BE SUBMITTED TO: SP&A Executive Search 6512 Painter Avenue Whittier, CA 90601

APPLICATIONS

University of the Pacific has retained SP&A Executive Search, a national executive recruiting firm, to assist with this search. All nominations, inquiries, and application materials should be submitted in confidence to SP&A Executive Search.

Review of applications, nominations, and expressions of interest will begin immediately and continue until an appointment is made. Applicants must submit: a current curriculum vitae and a cover letter describing relevant experience and interest in the position. For fullest consideration, applicants are advised to submit their materials by September 8, 2022. Nomination letters should include contact information for the nominees. All applications and nominations will be handled in confidence.

University of the Pacific is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer dedicated to workforce diversity. In compliance with applicable law and its own policy, Pacific is committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse faculty and staff and does not discriminate in its hiring of faculty and staff, or in the provision of its employment benefits to its faculty and staff on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, genetic information, sex/gender, marital status, military and veteran status, sexual orientation, medical condition, pregnancy, gender identity, gender expression or mental or physical disability. The university will provide reasonable accommodations to individuals with a disability.

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